Ashtar Events Update Mar 11/10
Thursday, 11 March 2010 07:47
ASHTAR 9 MARCH 2010
"Well, Good Evening, everyone! It is so jolly to be here in Family.
If you aren't feeling it, you can just about catch it anywhere now, this
change, this excitement, this wondrous revealing of truth, upon truth,
upon truth. It's just not gonna stop, because it's coming out everywhere
just as in the sequential order of events as we have discussed many
times in the most recent past as you measure it. There are events
unfolding within the events. It is complicated. If you try to read, for
instance, the financial analysts, you will find out they're in a real
tizzy. They really don't know exactly what's going on but they know that
from their perspective, it looks like things are somewhat of a mess
worldwide. But you, Beloved Ones, know better. And you can say these
calming soothing words, perhaps we shall in a future event direct the
peace messages there, but you can say some calming words, and you can
calm your family, your friends, your neighbors. If they say 'Oh, it
looks as though we are broke, we are bankrupt, the country is bankrupt,'
and so on, you can say, 'The greatest treasures are yet to come. Hang
on, stay the course, calm, stay calm, stay in peace,' because of all
that has been planned for, all that has been spoken of, all that has
been awaited.
"We know, we know, we know you humans are somewhat impatient about
this, and this is perfectly fine and dandy. We wouldn't have it any
other way, you are human. And, coupled with this anticipation, has to
come some excitement. When you figure, or when you envision all that is
coming, it's on its way. And so it is perfectly OK to be anxious to have
it come, but welcome it. Just welcome it, and be joyful and happy.
And if you get a bit down-in-the-dumpies because of delays and so on,
well sing a song, or play with your puppy dog, or do something. Yes,
watch a comedy. There you have it. Take yourselves away from the
frustration of bills to pay, and try to get yourself into a high vibe
and then see it all as done. You know that's what they tell you to do in
'The Secret,' and that's what Abraham and a lot of the other teachers
are saying. And it's very good advice. If you are down, if you are
feeling low, if you are feeling upset, or frustrated, take care of
yourself first. Then you can take care of your bank account or the
world, or whatever seems to be calling for your attention. This is a
time more than ever, and every moment that goes by it is more the time
as you measure it, to be in charge of every aspect of you, to be
reuniting with the totality, the beauty and the Love You Are. And to
empower yourselves with that Love, to create your visions, to bring them
forth, to raise yourselves up into a higher level of vibration so as to
make it possible.
"When you are down-in-the-dumpies you are in a pretty low-vibe 3D
box. And happy, happy, joy, joy, just doesn't really want to descend. So
you gotta lift yourselves up, Family! You gotta fly a little bit. You
gotta do a meditation, or play some music that you really, really love.
Get yourselves into flying mode. Then fasten your seat belt because you
are going to call forth everything that it is, that you think you've
been waiting for all these years. It's been there somewhere in your
fields all this time. Kind of like the hidden treasures, you know? And
while we are at it, we want to repeat another gem of advice, if we do
say so, and that is, while you are looking at paths to clear, while you
are doing your 'ho'ponopono's, you might extend out to Future. Because
some of you still have some pretty low-vibe events, experiences, people
and so on, that you have for one reason or another in your fields, in
your Future fields. So we would suggest that you take a look at that,
and you don't have to be intimately acquainted with it, just say
'Whatever there is that is of low vibration or based in fear, or
whatever, I am clearing that too while I am at it, because I don't need
it, and I don't need to create it any more in my being, because I am on
my way.' And you know where we are all going, Beloved Ones, it's a most
blissful place. And yes, everybody's scheduled to make the big shift.
But you've gotta be shifting right along with it.
"You know, if you have a sports car, let's take a sports car, the
Voice loves sports cars. Let's take a sports car and let's say you are
at a stop. And so you put your little gear shift into first gear. Well,
what are you going to do, go from first gear into number five or six
right away? Probably your little sports car wouldn't like it too much.
And let's say right now your bodies wouldn't like that kind of approach
either. You can get yourself sort of out there, and maybe not have a way
to get back, so let's not do that, shall we? Let's take it one gear at a
time, one shift at a time. Do it slowly but surely, or we should say
smoothly, because let's look at your calendars again. Oops, slow doesn't
really work too much any more, we gotta go at warp speed, but that's
OK, just do it smoothly. Make sure you are in touch with yourself, don't
try to skip over something that is right there, you know, in your path.
"If there is something that is, oh making its presence known to you
in some manner, maybe it's a big headache every time you say hello to
your neighbor, or maybe it's an allergy. Allergies are wondrous, aren't
they? Did you know you can be allergic to people and situations, as much
as you can to things? So it is that you can pay attention to whatever
signals, whatever signs, whatever dreams you have and remember, to
resolve whatever is there. Bring resolution, bring harmony, bring
balance into whatever you've got, relationships, or lack in some manner,
illness, whatever. Now we are not underplaying the importance of your
illnesses, diseasements, imbalances, messed up relationships as you
might call it, financial woes and all of those kinds of things. We are
telling you they are there for you to resolve them, to go beyond them,
to fly over them if need be, but it's really better if, while you are
flying, you might just transmit some Violet Ray, Violet Flame, 'cause
you don't want to land and then have the same kind of situation pop up
in front of you again. For some of you, you feel as though you have been
repeating patterns all your life. Well, the truth of that matter is
you've been repeating them for many lifetimes. So of course they are
there in your face, so to speak, because this is it. It's what you call
Zero Hour. Get it done!
"Now you've got all kinds of help, guidance, tools, and don't forget
your wonderful team. Call upon them, get in touch. If you haven't done
so, now is the time. When we say Zero Hour we are not kidding. Let me
tell you, this March of yours is marching on. March, march, march and
it's doing triple warp speed. And by the time you get to the end of this
month, a whole bunch of kitty-cats are going to be out of the bag, and
the world is going to have a much different perspective on things than
it has right now. Because right now there are plenty of people who are
still asleep, but we've got a lot of bag-openers getting on, of all
things, television, and not just buried somewhere on some little quiet
community channel. They are getting out there and they're saying what
they have to say. They are letting all kinds of kitty-cats out of the
bag, in fact the world is going to be overrun with kitty-cats. And
Sekhmet says, 'Remember we are here'. So we are just wanting to let you
know that that's right, we are here. And it's happening!
"Now if you feel inspired to participate in helping to bring change,
shall we say, to the wonderful worlds of finance, politics, and then
there is this health care - what a mess - we will talk about that
momentarily. If you are inclined to do anything at all, just send a
little e-mail to Obama, or find his phone number and call him up. You
probably won't talk to him directly, but you will talk to somebody who
will let him know you called. You can let your Congress people and
Senators know too, if you happen to have one who is honest. That doesn't
happen too often, the majority of them have been corrupted. And as for
the Supreme Court - well you saw what they did. So let's just go right
to the top, shall we? And by the way, you don't have to typey-type on
your machines or dial with your fingers, you can do telepathic
messaging, how about that? Let's start a wave, shall we, and send it
around the world. Send a little simple email to your friends, tell them
to telepathically connect with Obama, and you can ask them to
telepathically connect with KOS (King of Swords) too because he's a
great guy. Multi-talented, multi-tasking, multi-located, oh yeah, and a
lot more. So you can thank him and thank Obama for what they are doing
in their leadership roles, and you can tell them you are ready. And it's
OK if you think you are not ready, because the announcements and the
Disclosure announcements are only going to help you along your path.
"We emphasize cleaning and cleansing everything you possibly can, but
let's face it, that will be ongoing, and there will be even higher
levels of clearing and cleansing that you can do once we are, shall we
say, integrated - that's a great word isn't it? - integrated into your
societies. It's like, we will be there. We have massive, massive
technicalities, technical capabilities we should say. We have massive,
massive information, and we will be everywhere on Planet Earth, well
we're here now but that is not a very well kept secret. Ha ha ha, so we
just gonna go from there, shall we? Oh yeah, oh yeah, Disclosure is BIG,
and it's on the horizon. So we would also ask that when you are sending
telepathic greetings to Obama and to KOS, and to anyone that you know
to be of high integrity who has any clout at all, stop and give us a
little wave or a hug shall you, shall we, well yes we are all one so, it
matters not how I address it, we're just saying we are here, and we'd
love to wave back at you. We sort of blink and we kind of appear, and
then we hang a couple of 45 degree turns and we are gone. But, we are
signaling in our own way. You see, we are trusting that you get it. And
we are trusting that you might tell somebody else 'Well yes, I saw
starships in the sky last night, why don't you come on out tonight and
see what you see'.
"You know, those kinds of little communications that go between
friends, family and neighbors, and so on, are most helpful and once
Disclosure is announced, or whatever they want to call it, you know we
have gone from First Contact, ha, cause that is really over, long over,
so now we are calling it Disclosure, and that's perfect, that's lovely,
and once that gets done, if you will just simply stand up and say, don't
say, 'I told you so' because you know that never goes over very well
with those people who are in denial anyway. But you could say 'Yes, I
know that to be true because I, myself, have seen them. Come on out and
take a look.' Or turn on your television and take a look because we are
going to be all over the tube. Believe me, we've got a lot of fun and a
lot of serious business that we'll be addressing.
So stay tuned, we are so fond of saying stay tuned because we know
you are Beloved Ones, we know. And we feel your presence and we love
you, and we send you our love even as we receive yours, and that's
family, isn't it? That's family relations, totally balanced, totally
high vibe, and totally truthful. And that reminds us, when you're in
touch, in contact, in connection, particularly with your guidance team,
if there is something that you don't quite understand, you can certainly
ask for clarification. And if you feel the need to do a little bit of
debating, well go ahead, because you have free will. We don't ask that
you blindly accept everything, we just ask you to open your hearts and
see what resonates with you, and use your discernment. We keep reminding
this group here, these Ascension-centre manifestors, I guess we can
call you at this moment, creators, co-creators, to use discernment
because you are getting a tremendous amount of information, and you are
already making connections of the dots, and you are starting to access
information, and you are starting to see what resonates and what does
not. And that is, in itself, a grand activity.
"And so we ask that you, instead of just accepting everything that
you hear in the marketplace or that you hear on your television or
whatever, that you take some time with it. Let it run by your heart, see
how it feels to you, and if you get some tummy-scrunching, you'd better
check into it even more closely. Some of you are feeling as though
there is so much change going on and you are just sitting still. Well
that is not the case at all. You are holding a place, a place of light.
You are beaming in a place that needs you to beam there. If you are not
motivated to go someplace else for a day or a year or the rest of your
life, or whatever, (that is the rest of your life before Ascension
actually takes place, because then you are going someplace else anyway),
you are actually being called to stay right where you are, and hold the
light, and do your cleansing and your clearing and what you do will
affect where you are. It radiates everywhere but it will have the
greatest impact on your energy fields and then on the fields of those in
proximity to you. So if you don't have a clear idea about going
someplace else, be calm about it. Be in joy about it and know that you
are called to be right where you are now.
"The reason I am bringing this up is that there are a tremendous
amount of, shall we say, unsettling energies coming in, they are
shifting, they are shaking everything up. Well things will subside,
things will settle into all new patterns, and you may get a call
tomorrow as you measure time, or next week, or next month, and that is
all fabulous. And you can ask your guides 'Well here I am, is there some
place better for me to be?' or something like that, if you want to, but
if you are not getting any information, because I am often asked when I
have discussions with beautiful, wondrous people who are on their paths
and call upon me to discuss that with them, if they are not called to
be someplace else, it's because they are called to be where they are,
just like the group here, sitting in this room of joy. Ah yes, we are
here, we are with you, we are everywhere in between.
"So we want you to be at ease. And we are counseling you to stay the
course. Be steady. Stay calm. We know it's pretty windy out there. We
know it's pretty rough in the waters. And that's because the winds of
change are blowing. And we know that there are things going on that are
creating a lot of confusion, but confusion does not have to mean being
unsettled, it does not have to mean getting off course, it certainly
does not have to mean giving up your power to anybody, or any
institution, or corporation, or government, or bank. And most certainly
not to any insurance companies. Did you know that the insurance business
is the most profitable one in the United States of America? Well it is.
But now you are starting to get an inkling of why.
"So let's talk about this health care, shall we? Universal health
care of the highest vibe is just around the corner anyway. Everybody's
going to get it for free. There may be a little interim where you will
pay for services, but everybody is going to have money to do that with.
Everybody can enjoy being self-insured when the abundance is delivered.
Between now and then this whole exercise is an exercise in Obama being
able to get something done, and for Congress to show the truth of who
each and every member of Congress and the Senate are. And you are
getting that, aren't you? You are getting individuals speaking up with
various shades of opinions. Let the obstructionists stand forth clearly
in your minds. Why are they obstructing? It is because they are on the
payroll. The lobbyists have gotten to them. The insurance companies and
what you call, we love this name, Big Pharma, what a name, what a name!
Just kind of implies a power situation doesn't it? A power and control
situation.
"Now there are those who are seeing the next step. Beloved Dennis is
one of those. He is willing to cast himself in the role of a guy who
wants to bring things to a halt in order to keep your minds and your
hearts open. You need to be aware that if this Senate Bill is passed,
it's not going to do everything that the health care reform needs to do,
because it is not going to make it free. And only when health care is
free for all, will it truly be a good and rightful situation. Now
remember, we are bringing new technologies and the whole health care
industry is being turned on its nose anyway. There are so many people
now who know that there are what you call alternatives, and different
ways to achieving optimum health and balance and well-being. What the
health care bill will do is loosen the grip a bit of the insurance
companies and ultimately Big Pharma, and it will open more doors for the
alternatives to shine forth. But that only is needed for a moment or
two in time, because as you discern and as you decide and as health
care, and especially the kinds of technologies we bring, and especially
as you use your own empowerment to create your own health anyway, and
take charge and so on and so on, these things will be just a little bit
of a memory. It's very short-lived, this struggle for health care
reform.
"So just let Obama and KOS know that you are ready in some way, if
you feel so inclined, and if you have a Representative or a Senator that
you believe to be of high integrity, with all of your discernment
operating, fully operational, then by all means let them know that you
are ready. And that you want good health care for everyone. They'll get
the message. Dennis is speaking now because the next step will be health
care for everyone. And he is out in front of the crowd as always so
that once they pass whatever they pass, they will not just simply stop.
They will not rest on their laurels and give themselves a big pat on the
behind, and say 'Ah, we did a great job, now let's get on with
something else. How many trips are we going to take this year courtesy
of the taxpayers', and you know, things like that. So be on your toes,
and know that there is better to come, and just relax and be calm, and
let someone know if you want to but just telepathic messaging. It's time
for everybody to get into that mode anyway, is it not? So let's start
practicing, shall we? It helps if you get down into a deep alpha
brainwave state, but even that's not real necessary once you get going
on it. Be in touch with yourself, your guides, and the world, and the
universe beyond. Think BIG. Think expansion. Even while you sit in
meditation in your sacred space, think about joining in the sacred space
of the universe and the One We All Are, and let that be your choice,
your gift-opening, and use it. Because that is very important. Whatever
other gifts you have, work on those too. Practice, practice, practice.
It makes it perfect. And it will enhance and enliven and bring your
world and the All That You Are, into an unlimited Joy and Bliss.
"So, alrighty, well we have done quite a pep talk. So we want to give
just a little bit of an overview of what we are going to be doing
tonight. We have serious but high joy work to do, mission let's call it,
shall we? It's serious and you know why. You have seen a series of
earthquakes take place, adjustments necessary for Mother Gaia. You have
seen shiftings of locations, cities, places. You have seen preparation
in some instances and in some instances, no warning. We want to assure
you that on all of the instances, the movements took place which were
needed. Even in places where the tsunami did not hit with the big waves,
there was movement, tremendous force, tremendous power in the waters of
the ocean. There was a lot that was accomplished by all of this. And
for those of you who may not be familiar with this, we want to assure
you that all of those who gave their lives, or who were injured, or in
any way impacted negatively by these events, did so in contract. And so
we shall be wanting to honor them in our mission at this time in our
togetherness. They are now in positions of observation. They know that
their sacrifices are greatly appreciated, and wherever possible, we have
taken survivors up onto the ships to help them with their healing
processes, not just their physicalities, but they have been emotionally
traumatized. And they have new perspectives on life. They have been to
the very door, they would call it death's door, we call it laying down
the body door, and come back, with reason and purpose.
"And so it is with all who have had any kind of experience which has
been disruptive or harmful, the animals, the plants, and even the
mineral kingdoms. But the animals and the plants and the mineral
kingdoms know, and they have a feeling within them, that this is part of
Mother Gaia's plan to cleanse and clear. And it is not in any way
intended to be vengeful or any more destructive than it absolutely needs
to be. And for those of you who have not heard this before, we want to
assure you that we are mitigating in every instance. We have done so, we
shall continue. Will there be more shiftings? Yes. Is half of the
planet going to fall into the oceans? No. This is not going to be the
sinking again. This is not going to be the nuclear blow up. This is
simply, just as your bodies are adjusting and becoming crystalline, this
is simply Mother Gaia's way of achieving her own crystalline body. And
so there will be more events. You will know where you're to be.
Remember, we said get in touch and if you are not called to be someplace
else, then just stay where you are. And it's all good and wonderful.
There isn't any part of Planet Earth that is not sacred, even though it
may be overcome with rubble, even though it may be still in a state of
war. The Planet is coming into an empowerment of Peace and Love and Joy.
And these few last, literally last moment situations, are a part of the
shifting and the changing.
"Now March is going to settle down. There will be great energies
coming during the Equinox. There are energies even now in preparation.
The shift that will take place on the day you call the Equinox will be
unparalleled for Planet Earth. Look forward to it. And as the Voice
said, if there is a group you can join with, or if you want to just be
in your sacred place, rejoice. Let it be a day of Joy. Connect. The
Kingdom to the Elementals was opened last year on the Equinox, and you,
Beloveds, took part in that. This year, the Elementals will be easier to
connect with because of the work you have done and the light which
you've held during this one year time period on your calendars. So take
advantage of it. Go outdoors if you possibly can on the day of the
Equinox and connect and commune. And some of you will see little ones
that you've never seen before, and some of you will feel their energies
and their Love, and whatever it is, know that Mother Gaia's messengers
are all around you. And they are just waiting to hug you and be a part
of your world to whatever extent you are willing to be part of theirs.
Hug your animals, your doggies, your kitty-cats. Greet the birds with
joy and all the animals of Mother Gaia will salute you in kind. Love the
plants, the trees, the flowers. Send messages of appreciation to them
and they will sing to you, and to the mineral kingdoms, it will amplify
even more when they receive your Love. So we are now ready.
"With that in mind we shall be saying farewell for this part of our
Ashtar on the Road Family gathering. I, Ashtar, and the entire company
with me, salute you and thank you for being with us, and we shall now
make way for Beloved Sananda to come and lead the exercise of sending
Love and Peace to Mother Gaia herself. It is powerful and empowering. So
while we make this transition, just relax and breathe and feel the
Love. And so it is. Salut."
Many thanks to Deborah Urquhart for this timely transcription.
© Susan Leland 2010. All rights reserved; however, this is a gift to
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Comment I got from a fifteen year old as I told him the outline of the story: "This book is going to change a lot" and me, daft as I am, said "Why?, it is almost half finished" Turned out he meant that it would change many of those reading it.... And you know what they say about kids. And no, he wasn't one of my kids.......
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P.S. I still come up short on my list of E-mail addresses to present to the publisher as receivers of the mailing about that book. Especially since I do not specifically wish to invite my colleagues to join. This story might be a bit too close to home to involve them. However, if they pass the barriers I will be putting up, then their knowledge of it is apparently what should happen.
4444AD, Day 223, 12:34, HomeI'm flat on my back, relaxing as I'm working. The two by two meter vidcloth on the ceiling displays various windows, from various eras. Top left is my vision feed of March 12th, 2010. I have the accompanying audio on the speakers, and “Day sixteen: Loser” plays, not interfered by anything else in the vicinity. I just love seeing myself be busy creating. The video feed gets interrupted by the screen saver kicking in: photos of an intimately familiar lady fill that top left corner. I leave it be, and switch to another, apparently me in a train. Nobody in view, just empty seats opposite me.
I remember how I felt back then, being busy with the idea of the neural network I'd envisioned seeing myself create. I know I can't actually make myself achieve anything better back then, but I can make myself feel better about it. I flip open the plans of the quadrionic mind in my mind's eye, and study them for the next few minutes. By focusing the energy of that activity on my past incarnation, I can strengthen his belief in the fact that he will, in due time, achieve his goal. Just as I eventually did in 2042....
Seda steps into the bedroom, seeing me enjoy myself. She bounces onto the bed next to me, and immediately succeeds in getting my mind off myself. Hey, some people have that effect on me, what can I say? “And, where has my most favorite girl in all the world been hanging around?” I ask her. She tells me she's been walking around town, collecting interesting things from an antiques shop she frequents on a regular basis. Roberto, the antiquarian, told her he had some really nice needlework from around the turn of the second millennium. She jumps off the bed, and steps into the corridor, only to return with four almost square frames. They depict four angels, delicately embroidered on white linen. Two are relatively colorful, a third is done in distinct autumn-like colors. The forth and final one apparently depicts wintertime. A quick reference to the vidcloth on the ceiling gives the game away: the design is indeed a quartet, and these are called the Four Seasons. My vision enhancer highlights a slightly off-colored patch in the corners of the needle works. In icy blue, nearly indistinguishable from the surrounding whiteness, some sort of code is embroidered: MS2000. I now begin to appreciate the weird familiarity of the female foursome: I have seen them before! Rather than letting the raw power of the Google vision search loose on it, I'd rather let my mind do the work involved. The vision search is a descendant of the Google image search, which searches for imagery based on text. Vision Search does quite the opposite: based on a single image, it retrieves images of the same subject, or similar ones, to enable the user to gather context data on something they've only seen once.
And then it hits me: around 2000, my dad in that life embroidered these ladies, proud to have done it in only 555 hours! I flip over the frames, and indeed: one of them has a small label on it, specifying the name of the works, the period they were made in, and the telltale 555 hours.
It is always nice to find stuff from your own past. It reminds you of the timelessness and the interconnectedness of things, which reminds me:
While Seda goes down to the kitchen to make her famous macaroni with synthetic (but no less tasty) chicken and sweet & sour, I go with her and read some more in my manuscript, so attentively sent to me by Denisa.....
'From one marvel to the next'
Thinking back, I wonder why our hosts arrived on foot when they could just as easily have flown right to where we were standing. When asked, Mayra gives a simple explanation: “Two beings on foot pose much less of a threat than a flying saucer carrying the same two people. Hence our preference for walking the extra distance”. Now there’s a train of thought I can wholeheartedly agree with. I thank her for the explanation, and go back to my own thoughts, that wander to the design of the floater that we are in. Sure, its mind-controlled interface is spectacular enough, but otherwise it’s very minimalist in design: a large metal disc-shaped object, with a depression at the center. Around it, seven seats are placed. Come to think of it, it looks suspiciously like the wild water rides that we use on the outside of the globe. Only this one floats on air instead of water, and it’s a much smoother ride. It has no apparent roof structure, so I ask Kayim about it. He explains that inside, the weather does not have its ups and downs like outside, for there are no seasons. There is occasional rain, but the people here don’t really mind that, and the same force field that floats the floater also keeps out the excess water. As we approach the city, I take a closer look at it: it consists almost entirely of spheres of various sizes, some buried halfway in the surface. Lots of green in between, making it a great place to live in, I imagine. The spheres are different shades of color, giving the impression of soap bubbles from afar.
We land on the edge of the city, next to a modest globe. I can now spot an entirely glass surface surrounding it, which can be seen to be divided into six distinct levels. The top level seems to have no real ceiling, more like a greenhouse. We enter the structure at ground level, and step onto a disc that’s in the core of the building. You can look up and see all the floors, just like an elevator that has no walls. The disc starts to rise, and I see Melanie trying to scare me to death: she holds out her arm, and steps to the side of the platform to allow the next floor to chop it off. Her plan is foiled, because of some unseen barrier that won’t allow anything to cross the edge of the platform as long as it is moving. Mayra notices also, and laughs at my youngest.
We stop on the next floor, and find it divided into four quarter-circle rooms. “These are the working areas,” Mayra explains: “They are on the lower levels because of the frequent transporting of goods in and out of them. Because of their being on the lower half of the sphere, they are usually lit by artificial means”. I see what she means, but for the life of me cannot discover any source of internal light. Still, the rooms seem better lit than any I’ve seen on the surface. We get onto the disc again, only to stop briefly at the next level, which is divided into six pie-shaped rooms.
Each one has two discs on the floor, and two discs on the ceiling directly above them. One of the rooms clearly demonstrates the purpose of the discs: another Inner Earth person is suspended in between two discs. As we approach, he effortlessly swings into an upright position, and steps forward to meet us. “I’ve been waiting for you since I finished preparing our meal. My name is Sinan.” Further talking reveals that he is the mate of Mayra, and Kayim is their son. They live together in this house, which seems somewhat large for the three of them. Mayra explains that they have been appointed hosts of the access point that we came through, so they sometimes have guests from the surface, hence the six bedrooms. The seven of us step onto the central disc again, and ascend to the next level, which also has six pie-shaped rooms. “These are for various activities,”, Mayra explains: “Kayim has his musical studio in one of these”. Laura can’t wait to hear her new friend: “Will you please play us something?”, she asks in her sweetest voice. Kayim obliges, and takes the seat behind a desk that features various colored crystals. They light up the moment he sits down, and his hands above the array of crystalline light start making subtle movements. The end result is one of the sweetest compositions I’ve ever heard. All of us stand there and listen intently, until the spontaneous concert is finished. When it does, we outsiders all applaud Kayim, with Laura cheering as well. “Who wrote that marvelous piece?”, she wants to know. Kayim smiles, taking a bow: “I just improvised a little, so you could say I 'wrote' it...”, he says.
We go up another level, and come to another set of four rooms, with large, tilted windows all around the circumference of the building. Three of the four rooms are home to various plants, growing in shallow tanks containing a greenish, luminous substance. “This is our hydroponics area. It grows all of the fruits and vegetables we consume.”, Mayra explains. She goes on to tell us that the plants that thrive best on real sunlight are closest to the windows, whereas the more rugged plants get by on artificial light. Finally, the ones that don't require light, like mushrooms, are grown in a subterranean level at the base of the sphere. The one remaining room on this level is the kitchen, which has its own dedicated access to the dining table above, which we will see shortly. Sinan gestures towards the central disc again, to introduce us to the final level of the structure: the living area.
The four of us stand in awe of the sight we behold: a large circular floor, that is topped by an equally large glass dome. Basically, this dome is the top sixth part of the sphere, leaving the entire floor permanently lit by the smoky central sun. We can see the entire city, and the landscape that surrounds it. ”That's something different from the street view you get from your average city home.”, I say to Gea. She looks at me, and just smiles quietly. Mayra calls our attention to a round table, with a big gaping hole in the middle. As we look on, a plateau displaying the most delicious dishes surfaces, inviting us to the table. Around it we find simple but adequate stools, that automatically adjust their height to the size of the person sitting on them. We all sit down, when Sinan invites us to quietly contemplate the origins of the food we are about to eat. I look over the dishes, and realize that no matter how different they are from the foods of the outer world, their origins are the same: it is all part of the All, just as we are.
Sinan wishes us a healthy meal, and puts some food on his plate. As I ask him to hand me one of the green eggs that are in his vicinity, the central plateau of the table rotates, so I can easily take one myself. “How did you do that?”, I ask. Mayra explains that it is the same mechanism that controls the floater outside. She invites me to try it myself, because it isn't that hard. I notice a delicious piece of fruit across the table, and decide to give it a go. I concentrate on choosing the fruit, and the plateau revolves to the point where I can reach in and get it. Of course the girls can't wait to perform their own experiments on it. Unfortunately, they both formulate their requests at the same time, and the end result is that the table voices its objection against this conflict by a short somewhat irritated sound. Kayim laughs, and tells Laura to let her sister go first. Melanie, seated right next to me, chooses her food with care, and then mentions to me that Laura has already learnt her first words of Solara Maru, from Kayim. I look across the table, and see the two of them exchanging meaningful looks.
I ponder the apparent design choices of the Inner Earth people: their homes seem built for maximum efficiency. Distinguishing them from the houses of neighbors appears to be totally irrelevant. Mayra explains that the spherical shape has been chosen because it leaves a minimal surface for a maximal content, thus minimizing the exchange of energy with the environment. Not that they really need it of course, because the season-less weather keeps the outdoor temperature always around twenty degrees centigrade. “We prefer the beauty of optimal solutions to the aesthetics.” Sinan says. I state that even though aesthetics is not their main concern, they haven't lost their eye for beauty. When everybody seems to have had enough, the plateau slowly sinks back to the kitchen level. Mayra points out that the remains of our copious meal will be recycled into the substance that feeds the hydroponics area.
As we stand up, Sinan again draws our attention to the table. The plateau has returned, and the large circular surface becomes the scene where a scale model of the city appears. Even my untrained eye recognizes the configuration of spheres, some large and some small. But the differences between big and small are much smaller than between houses and office buildings up top. Mayra explains that massive office buildings are not needed here, as most of the people work from their homes. In fact, most won't call it work, because basically it is just doing what they love to do. The only reason things seem so out of proportion on the outside, is because there everything is controlled instead of trusting that nature will find the right way. “Call me an anarchist, but that reasoning doesn't sound half bad”, I thought. Since consumption here is on a much lower level than outside, big stores are also not needed. Life inside isn't all about money, certainly not. The necessities of life are provided for all, and to acquire luxury items, people trade instead of spending their days doing things they don't like.
With the model, Sinan wants to show us which sights we will be visiting tomorrow. On the left, he points to a fairly large globe, half buried in the forest. This is the city's swimming pool, that has been chosen as an item on our trip because it is markedly different from the surface swimming pools: you simply cannot drown there, because the “water” is far denser, causing you to float easier. “Like the Red Sea!” Melanie interjects. “But it isn't that salty” Kayim asks her. “Help, I didn't bring my swim gear!” Laura utters with panic in her voice. “Don't worry” Mayra says: “We can pretty much make you any apparel you find suitable.” So apparently, there's nothing to stop us from having a nice swim tomorrow. Sinan points out that this will happen tomorrow afternoon. The morning will be spent with the Elders, who will give us a bit of a history lesson.
I ask Sinan if there is a possibility to access the Web on the outside. I would very much like to update my site with a story of our exploits on the inside. Sinan leads me to a round seat, which envelops me with a spherical ‘screen’ the moment I sit down. It is projected around the seat, and is pressure sensitive. On the edge of the seat is a keyboard, which can be augmented by use of the dictation unit. It doesn’t take me long to get the hang of it. Once Sinan has shown me how to get to the outer web, I quickly find my own site, and am somewhat hesitantly typing and talking away to let our readers know how exciting it is down here.
As I finish, I notify Linda and Carlo. They are on holiday themselves, so I mail them, and send SMS-es to both their cellphones. I tell them something like “no matter what you hear, we're OK”. That ought to cover any rash actions by the hotel staff, or other people. Gea is up next, and takes the seat.
An hour or two later, even though the internal Sun is still high in the sky, it is the moment of sleep. Mayra leads us to the bedrooms a little lower, and gets us something to wear while in ‘bed’. I am very curious about the force field that acts as a mattress, will it be easy to lie on? We first go into the room designated to the girls. Mayra demonstrates how you can just walk onto the lower disc, after which you will be slightly lifted up to the levitation center of the field. After that, it is easy to position your body any way you like. The kids get into their nightly attire, step onto the pads, and immediately start doing rolls, and other tricks. I wonder how long they will be doing that before falling asleep. As for the lack of night, the windows have their own mechanism to remedy that: they slowly fade from transparent to dark gray, creating a great nightly look. Mayra, Gea and me leave the kids to their tricks, and go into two other rooms, one for Gea and one for me. After I’ve dressed for the night, it is my turn to try the ‘bed’. I step onto it, and feel myself being slightly lifted. It is a weird sensation, because there seems to be no extra pressure from below, like when you’re sitting on a bed. It is more the absence of weight, without the lack of oxygen normally found in outer space. But it also does not seem to be quite like normal weightlessness, for there is a certain friction between the force field and my body, that makes it easy to move around. I experiment a little, but it doesn’t take much time to find my optimum position. I doze off quickly, forgetting all about my peculiar surroundings.
But it doesn't last long. Not seven minutes later, I wake up terrified, because I just realize that I forgot my pills! I get dressed again, and think about why oh why I don't keep the bottle in my pocket at all times. Since our trip to the pyramids was only supposed to last a few hours, I'd plain forgotten about it, since I didn't need them till bedtime anyway.
I step onto the landing, and almost bump into Mayra. She sees the worried look on my face, and asks what is wrong. I explain the predicament of missing medication to her, and she looks me into the eyes: “Fortunately, we do have a remedy, a permanent one even”, she smiles. She leads me to the lower level, speaks some words I haven't heard yet, and grabs what seems like a futuristic motorcycle helmet from a closed container. “Here, put this on”.
I do, and Mayra pushes the shiny red button that is now on my forehead. A weird sensation, a tingling starts right below the button, inside my skull. “What is it doing,” I ask. Not that I'm scared or anything, because during my manic episodes I've felt similar sensations. “Basically, it does what you would call a defragmentation of your neural net.” Mayra volunteers. She goes on to say that where I come from, the Lithium would be used by the brain to perform a similar function itself. This just is more thorough, and will last me about a year. If needed, she can even have me taken to see a doctor, who will cure it permanently.... After that, I have no problem getting back to sleep. View Article Here Read More